List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with D

Dusty

(DUS-tee)

English Meaning: The name Dusty is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Dusty is: Dusty place; brave soldier.

Meaning: A familiar form of dustin Origin: English

Dwight

(DWIET)

The name Dwight is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Dwight is: From a surname, derived from Diot, a Latin Dionysius or Dionysia, referring to the god of wine. Famous bearer: American president Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Meaning: A form of dewitt Origin: English

Dyke

Dyke Name Meaning. English: from Middle English diche, dike, Old English dic 'dike', 'earthwork', hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditcher or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike.

Meaning: Dike, ditch Origin: English

Dick

(DIK)

Dick is a nickname for Richard. When it's not a name, dick is slang for a penis or an unkind person. There are a lot of jokes about this. From Behind the Name: Means “brave power”, derived from the Germanic elements ric “power, rule” and hard “brave, hardy”.

Meaning: Daring power Origin: English, Germanic

Disney

(DIZ-nee)

Disney Name Meaning. English (of Norman origin): habitational name, with the preposition d(e), for someone from Isigny in Calvados, France, named from the Romano-Gallic personal name Isinius (a Latinized form of Gaulish Isina) + the locative suffix -acum.

Meaning: Coming from Isigny Origin: English, French

Ditte

(DEE-te)

Origin and Meaning. 1) Short form of Edith. 2) Pet form of Dorotea. 3) Short form of Judith. 4) Short form of Benedikte.

Doc

(DOHK)

DOC is a document file format used by Microsoft Word, also used with most word processing software, including OpenOffice. DOC stands for DOCument file.

Meaning: A wise person Origin: English

Dodd

(DAHD)

The surname Dodd is a Welsh name of old Celtic origin. ... The name Dodd may also be a nickname surname derived from the Germanic root "dudd" or "dodd," which means something rounded; thus, it would have been used to denote a round, lumpish person, or a stupid person.

Meaning: A short and well rounded person Origin: English, Germanic

Dodge

(DAHJ)

Dodge Name Meaning. from the Middle English personal name Dogge, a pet form of Roger. possibly a nickname from Middle English dogge 'dog' (Old English docga, dogga).

Meaning: A famed spear Origin: English, Germanic

Dodson

(DAHD-sən)

Dodson is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from Dodd or Dodda. They were Old English personal names common in England from Lincolnshire on south. The name Dodson denotes "son of Dodd or Dodda."

Meaning: Dodd's son Origin: English, Germanic